Pope Francis ten years on – a Tablet podcast

Ruth Gledhill talks to Christopher Lamb about the papacy of Pope Francis on the tenth anniversary of his election

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Pope Francis set out his vision for the Church within the first few days and weeks after his election, and the same vision still inspires him a decade later. It can be summed up in a few key words. Christopher Lamb reports.

'Exactly a decade ago, I stood in a cold and wet St Peter’s Square looking up at the balcony of the basilica, awaiting news about who had been elected the next Pope. After the white smoke had cleared, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the protodeacon of the College of Cardinals, emerged and announced the name: “Bergoglio”. People around me started asking: “Who is he?” I could only tell them that Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the Jesuit Archbishop of Buenos Aires and that he had been a leading contender at the 2005 conclave. This time, he had barely registered on the lists of papabile – and he certainly had not been on mine.'

Read Christopher Lamb’s full article in The Tablet. 

In our latest podcast, Ruth Gledhill, assistant editor of The Tablet, talk to Chris about what Pope Francis has achieved, and what he still hopes to accomplish.